Humanists Coming For Convention

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April 21, 1990

Members of the American Humanist Association will meet in Orlando next weekend for their national convention. It will take place on Friday through next Sunday at the Harley Hotel. Ted Turner, chief executive officer of Turner Broadcasting Systems, will be honored as 1990 Humanist of the Year and Carolyn McDade, feminist singer and songwriter, will be honored as 1990 Humanist Heroine. Sol Gordon, professor emeritus of child and family studies at Syracuse University, and James ''the Amazing'' Randi, a debunker of paranormal claims, will be the two Humanist Distinguished Service awardees. Conference topics will include the international drug crisis, care for Florida's elderly and the right to die. Registration to the entire conference, not including meals, is $85. Leaders of Fundamentalists Anonymous will have a $55 pre-conference program on Thursday and Friday on ''How to Counter Fundamentalism.'' For information call (813) 343-8666.